Women's Soccer

Scott McBride enters his seventh season as the Associate Head
Coach of the University of Bridgeport’s Women’s Soccer
Program in 2014. This is McBride’s tenth season with the
Purple Knights. He worked for three seasons as an assistant to Head
Coach Nilerud before being promoted to associate head coach in
2008. Scott was selected as the NSCAA's East Region Assistant
Coach of the Year in 2011. McBride’s responsibilities
include on-field coaching, recruiting, and scouting. In the past
seven seasons, the University of Bridgeport Women’s Team has
averaged nearly 17 wins a season. They have ended four of the seven
seasons ranked nationally in scoring offense and four times they
have finished with a winning percentage among the best winning in
the Division II.

McBride completed a Higher National Diploma in sports coaching
in his native Scotland before moving to the United States in 1998
and he also holds a National Soccer Coaches Association of America
Advanced Diploma. McBride currently serves as the Coaching Director
for NOGA Connecticut. As a youth coach, McBride has led some of
southern Connecticut’s most successful programs. In 2002, He
led Westhill High School to its first ever state tournament and was
named Coach of The Year by his fellow coaches. In the subsequent
two seasons he led the Westhill High School team to the
school’s first and second ever appearances in the Fairfield
County Interscholastic Athletic Conference Tournament. In addition
to his work with NOGA McBride currently coaches nationally ranked
CUFC U16 and U19 girls’ teams. In summer 2005, McBride led
his NOGA Pride U14 girls team to the Gothia Cup Title. This
tournament, referred to as the “Youth World Cup”,
features youth teams from the world over. In addition to his
extensive work with Connecticut youth soccer, McBride has worked
with some of the most prestigious clubs in international soccer
including AC Milan, Chelsea FC, Liverpool FC and Glasgow Celtic FC
as a member of staff for the Champions World Tour.

McBride currently resides in Fairfield, Connecticut together
with his wife Lee and their sons Kian and Dylan.